For purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Cultivation" shall mean the tilling, growing, raising, harvesting, and other cultivation practices of industrial hemp for uses authorized by this chapter.
(b) "Greenhouse" means a structure or thermally isolated area of a building that maintains a specialized sunlit environment used for and essential to the cultivation, protection, or maintenance of plants. For the purposes of this chapter, cultivation in a greenhouse (including mixed-light) is considered an indoor use.
(c) "lndoor(s)" means within a fully enclosed and secure structure that complies with the California Building Code, as adopted by the County of Yolo, that has a complete roof enclosure supported by connecting walls extending from the ground to the roof, and a foundation, slab, or equivalent base to which the floor is securely attached. The structure must be secure against unauthorized entry, accessible only through one or more lockable doors, and constructed of solid materials that cannot easily be broken through, such as 2" x 4" or thicker studs overlain with 3/8" or thicker plywood or equivalent materials. Plastic sheeting, regardless of gauge, or similar products do not satisfy this requirement. For the purposes of this chapter, cultivation in greenhouses and enclosed nurseries are considered indoor operations, and buffers do not apply.
(d) "Industrial hemp" shall have the meaning set forth in Food and Agricultural Code § 81000 and Health & Safety Code § 11018.5, as may be amended from time to time. As of the date of adoption of this chapter, those authorities define industrial hemp as "a crop that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than three-tenths of 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in the dried flowering tops, whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant: the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin produced therefrom."
(e) "Manufacturing" shall mean to compound, blend, extract, infuse, or otherwise make or prepare an industrial hemp product.
(f) "Nursery stock" shall have the meaning outlined in Food and Agricultural Code Section 5005.
(g) "Processing" shall mean drying, curing, grading, or trimming of industrial hemp, as well as any similar post-harvest activities that involve readying harvested industrial hemp for manufacturing activities or other work to prepare a commercial product.
(h) "Registration" shall mean the industrial hemp registration process pursuant to the California Food and Agricultural Code sections 81000 through 81011 with the Agricultural Commissioner and, in addition, registration in connection with all other uses permitted by this chapter.
(i) "Seed breeder" means an individual or public or private institution or organization that is registered with the Yolo County Agricultural Commissioner to develop seed cultivars intended for sale or research.
(j) "Storage" shall mean the act of maintaining harvested industrial hemp in a fully enclosed and secure structure that complies with the California Building Code, as adopted by the County of Yolo, on a temporary basis until it can be lawfully transferred to an authorized distributor or other non-retail purchaser.
(k) "Transplant" is a cultivated hemp plant grown from seed or cutting in soil or individual containers for less than 8 weeks that does not exceed a height of eight (8) inches.
(§ 1, Ord. 1519, eff. April 9, 2020, as amended by § 2, Ord. 1532, eff. January 14, 2021)